Galacticos, urchins and why CR7 let United down

It was the best of seasons, it was the worst of seasons.

Yes, 2008/09 was a season where one club could spend ã136 million on two players in a week while a rival in the same league, Valencia, were so impoverished Ã¢Â in a Dickensian-Victorian street urchin kind of way Ã¢Â that they considered hiring out players to grace bar mitzvahs and weddings.

 

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